I’ll never forget Allan J. MacEachen’s advice
Allan J. MacEachen told me not to stay on as a cabinet Hill staffer longer than two years. 'You will grow cynical, and that will hurt you and it will hurt the ones you serve. The ones who stay longer than two years ultimately become glorified bag-carriers.'
TORONTO—The only reason sane people get involved in politics—or create a work of art, or write a book, or build a bridge, or climb mountains—is because they want to be immortal. We’re all going to die, sooner or later, and we want to be remembered for something.
In my limited experience, th...
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